Make a Jumping Paper Spider

Give this activity to kids, or the childlike, and allow anyone to make their own jumping spiders under your supervision. Get started at step number one below.

Steps

  1. Cut a square piece of paper the size you want. The best paper is yellow crepe paper but other paper will also do.
  2. Crumple up a ball of newspaper that is smaller than your square of paper. Place in the middle of the square of paper.
  3. Fold the crepe paper from all sides to cover the ball of newspaper and stick with tape. This will be the spider's body, head, and all other parts. This model is not accurate.
  4. Keep the ball of paper wrapped in paper aside. Take a long strip of orange coloured paper three times the width of the spider's body. At the shorter ends of the rectangle strip, cut small slits. This will make the legs of the spider.
  5. Stick the strip of paper that make the legs on the taped side of the body.
  6. Draw a mouth and two eyes on the untaped side of the spider's body. Draw eight eyes if you want a more realistic spider. Use marker pen or felt tip pens to do this.
  7. Fix an elastic or rubber band at the top of the head/body with tape to make the spider jump. Catch onto the other end of the elastic band, move your hand up and down, and there you have a jumping spider.
  8. Finished.

Tips

  • Take a small measurement of paper to make the spider extra cute.
  • Don't let the kids do the taping part if you want the spider to be neat, but if you let your kids do the taping, your spider will have unique characteristics that will be unique to that spider and your child will develop greater motor skills to take on those tougher skills later in life.
  • You can change the colour of the paper according to your child's wish.
  • Pretend you've made a swimming octopus instead if you like or leave off the legs to make a jumping bean.

Things You'll Need

  • Yellow crêpe paper
  • Orange strip of paper
  • Little newspaper
  • Tape or glue
  • A pair of scissors
  • Rubber-band or elastic
  • Felt tip pens or regular markers

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